Demonstrated Leadership
In 2017 I was appointed by Governor Brown to the state’s Workforce Investment Board, and in 2018 I was appointed to the Maritime Taskforce by Governor Brown.
…….In my current position as county commissioner I serve on the Cascades West Area Commission on Transportation (CWACT) (as Chair every third year), as Chair of the Northwest Oregon Workforce Investment Consortium Board, as Chair of the Solid Waste Consortium board, and as an active board member of the Economic Development Alliance of Lincoln County, Small Business Development Center, Yaquina Bay Economic Foundation, and as a member of the Lincoln City, Waldport, Toledo and Newport Chambers of Commerce.
…….Representing Lincoln, Tillamook, Clatsop and Columbia counties I have been elected Chair of District 7 of the Association of Oregon Counties (AOC). I also was appointed to the AOC Board of Directors, as Co-chair of the AOC Governance Committee, and serve on the Legislative and Budget Committees.
…….Among the many positions of leadership that I hold or have held are Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for Children of Lincoln and Tillamook Counties where I have served as Chair since 2010. I am a past president of the Yaquina Bay Economic Foundation, Newport Rotary, Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce, and a former board member of the Lincoln City Chamber of Commerce and the North Lincoln Hospital Foundation to name a few. I served as Treasurer of the Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce from 2006 to 2018.
Public Service
Addressing a disaster management training class at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Maryland in October 2013.
Oregon Workforce Investment Board 2017-2019 – Governor Brown Appointee
Northwest Oregon Workforce Investment Consortium Board 2015-2019 – Chair of Elected Officials
Citycounty Insurance Services Board 2017-2019 – Trustee
Association of Oregon Counties 2013-2019 – Chair – District 7, Lincoln, Tillamook, Clatsop and Colombia Counties; Co-Chair – Governance; Member – Board of Directors, Legislative Committee, Budget Committee
Cascades West Area Commission on Transportation 2012-2019 –Chair 2014, 2017, Vice Chair 2013, 2016
Region 4 Workforce Investment Board 2005-2015 – Executive Committee 2012- 2015
Lincoln County Solid Waste Consortium Board – Chair 2005-2008, 2010, 2012-2019 Budget Committee 2005-2010
Newport Housing Summit Taskforce 2018 – County Representative
Central Oregon Coast Association Board 2012-2015 – Ex-officio Member
Economic Development Alliance of Lincoln County Board 2012-2019 – Ex-officio Member
Oregon Coast Aquarium Board 2012 2019 – Ex-officio Member
Yaquina Bay Economic Foundation 1997-2019 – President 2006-2007
Lincoln County School District Board 1994-2002 – Chairman 1996-1998, 2002, Vice Chairman 1995-1996, 2001-2002
Serving seniors at the Lincoln County Fair
Community Service
- Court Appointed Special Advocates of Lincoln County Board 2009-2019
Chair 2010-2019
- Lincoln County Budget Committee 2006-2014
Citizen Member, Chair 2008-2009, 2012
- Lincoln County Non-Profit Social Service Allocation Review Committe
Chair 2004-2011
- School of Piano Tuning & Technology
Trustee 2001-2017 & Treasurer 2004-2013
- Samaritan House
Finance Committee 2013-2014
- Regional Investment Board 2005-2008
- LinCom Budget Committee 2004-2012
Chair 2007-2009
- Rotary Service Club 1989-2019
President 2001-2002, Treasurer 1998-1999, Club Foundation Chair 2003-2011
- Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce 1997-2018
President 2003 & Treasurer 1998-2000/2006-2018
- Toledo Chamber of Commerce 2005-2019
- Lincoln City Chamber of Commerce 1988-1998, 2002-2019
Director 1995-1998
- Waldport Chamber of Commerce 1991-1997, 2012-2019
- Citizens Review Committee Newport City Police Department
Chair 2011
Giving a Chamber of Commerce presentation on county government
- Lincoln County Foundation
Trustee 2005-2010
- Head Start Capital Campaign Committee 2005-2007
- Coalition for School Funding NOW! 2000
Executive Committee
- Small Business Development Center Board 1989-2000, 2012-2019
- K. I. D. S. Committee -(Keep Improving District Schools)
Chairman 1993-1994
- Newport Seafood and Wine Festival
Co-Chairman 1998
- North Lincoln Hospital Foundation Board
Trustee 1989-1997
- Toledo Junior Basketball League
Coach 1989-1997
- United Way Campaign
Fund Raiser 1991-1992
- Oregon Independent College Foundation
Fund Raiser 1980-1989
- Franciscan Montessori Earth School Board
Member 1983-1988
Community Endorsements – 2014
Don Mann, Retired Port General Manager – In support of Doug Hunt – Audio MP3
Julie Hanrahan, Local Community Banker – In support of Doug Hunt – Audio MP3
Steve Keck, Lincoln City Small Business Owner – In support of Doug Hunt – Audio MP3
Don Lindly , Retired County Commissioner – In support of Doug Hunt – Audio MP3
Heather Hatton, Lincoln City Resident – In support of Doug Hunt – Audio MP3